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When you construct a mix tape, the first song you come out with has to be a barnburner.

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Sherman Alexie
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: October 7
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Wellpinit
Washington
Sherman Joseph Alexie
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I recognize now that the conditions that Indians are living in are the conditions that poor people everywhere are living in.
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Like any good shaman, professional baseball player, or politician, my mother always answered questions with questions.
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We are taught to take the bread into our bodies as proof of Jesus's body.
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I wanted to do a weird book and reestablish my independent, small-press roots.
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Read. Read 1000 pages for every 1 page that you write.
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If you're good at it, and you love it, and it helps you navigate the river of the world, then it can't be wrong.
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Spiritual matters should be private.
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Religious fundamentalists are unaware that freedom of religion necessarily brings with it the freedom to mock religion.
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I had the feeling I was going to be successful, and I didn't want to be another disappointing Indian.
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I look more Indian when I'm serious.
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Unlike landed white men, she didn't need to climb mountains to experience mystic panic. All she needed was to set her alarm dock for the next morning, wake when it rang, and go to class.
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